Baruch Eitam
Experimental psychologist. Associate Professor @ University of Haifa. Interested in the development of various forms of reinforcement in humans. history, politics, and esoteric YouTube clips. hoping for better times.
- wow (in a bad or sad way) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
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- risking falling flat on my face: poltically, netanyahu and his goverment are walking dead. unfortunately, its very difficult to get rid of zombies
- אני מדמיין את הילד הקטן שלי,לב, שגם התקשה לינוק, שהוא נראה כמו סיוואר. מה אנחנו עושים ולאיזו מטרה? חייבים להפסיק את המלחמה מיד, לשחחר את החטופים, לסיים את הסבל של תושבי עזה ולדאוג לחלופה לארגון הטרור חמאס. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
- demand #1 from elected officials: tell the truth youtu.be/x1V9xvVGg54?...
- Reposted by Baruch EitamOur paper in @natcomms.nature.com, we show how cognitive maps in the hippocampal system could solve the general problem of representing and relating multiple alternative action plans. doi.org/10.1038/s414... With @doellerlab.bsky.social, Patrick Haggard, @vigano.bsky.social, Daniel Reznik
- OpenAI's 4o seem to also suffer from *delusions*. most often there are delusions of grandeur. annoyingly, this leads to wasting substantial time after being conned to think that the machine can perform the task it insists on being able to perform. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/t...
- נולד דף פייסבוק חדש למעבדה. אנחנו מחפשים כעת תינוקות בני 6 שבועות ועד 8 חודשים למחקר על התפתחות ה 'סוכנות'. לפרטים נוספים ראו tinyurl.com/2c6bnejw
- Reposted by Baruch Eitam“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones. Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
- I also find it tragic (and strange) that the anti-israel rage was directed against the Biden admin (which was vehemently against crazy-destructive-messianic ideas from both sides) and none of it against the Trump admin that supports them (e.g., renewed violence in Gaza and annexation of west bank)
- Editorial Board of FT: “…the ultimate goal of Netanyahu’s far-right coalition is to ensure Gaza is uninhabitable and drive Palestinians from their land. Yet the US and EU countries have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed.” www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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- *זו הפכה להיות המלחמה של מדינת יהודה לא של מדינת ישראל* "סמוטריץ': הקבינט החליט כי לא ניסוג מהשטחים שנכבוש, גם לא תמורת חטופים שר האוצר בצלאל סמוטריץ' בדברים שנשא בכנס "בשבע" אמר כי הממשלה החליטה שלא לסגת מהשטחים שייכבשו ברצועת עזה, גם לא תמורת שחרור החטופים. "נעה שפיגל "הארץ
- Science overcame the middle ages it will survive the Trump administration. The question is why should it?
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- The US is voluntarily going back to the robber barrons www.youtube.com/watch?v=SITP...
- Reposted by Baruch EitamWoman Reminds Self Not To Catastrophize After Spotting 4 Skeletal Horsemen On Horizon theonion.com/woman-r...
- A good end to a suprising ride with Haran Shani-Narkiss and Oren Amsalem. 🧪 rdcu.be/ekrQT
- Yesterday, in Raanana, Israel hundreds of thugs attacked elderly individuals who gathered in a reform synagouge to view the shared Palestinian-israeli rememberance ceremony. They were spat upon, beaten, and degraded.
- מחר נהיה בבתי הקברות עם אלה שאיבדו את היקר מכל. ישראל היתה חלום וכעת אנחנו באבדן דרך, בערב הזה שוו להזכיר העובדה שההנהגה הנוכחית מופקרת ומפקירה לא פוטרת אף אחד מאתנו מאחריות למעשיו.
- תמיד הטקס הזה היה חשוב. השנה הוא מרגיש חובה. אין עתיד ללא תקווה.
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- if language models were not so radically hyped we would have been in total awe of the technology (but there is so much far more serious shit going on that my comment is borderline frivolous)
- אורי משגב! עכשיו רק צריך לוודא שיש אלטרנטיבה ראויה www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/202...
- we have become vicious and callous but we are not nazis. most of my family was extreminated in Europe and I too forget. this is a good day to remember what we are, what we are not, and what we should be
- indeed the IDF at least admits that the paramedic that survived the terrible incident in which 15 emergency workers were killed by IDF fire is held. the israeli public must know -- why is held? what is his version of the events? why can't he see a lawyer? www.haaretz.co.il/news/politic...
- Reposted by Baruch EitamCheck out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
- אנחנו חייבים להפסיק את המלחמה הזאת. עכשיו. www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/202...
- אין כבר איך לומר לא ידענו -- ראש השב"כ מתאר באופן ברור מי הוא "ראש הממשלה" , ראשי הצבא צריכים לשרטט גבול ברור ולו מכיוון שהם מסכנים את חיילים למטרות של אדם שאיבד את הצפון, ולממשלה שאיבדה כל מצפן מוסרי.
- this morning, the so called 'religious zionism' party leader: "it must be said that the release of the hostages is not the most important goal...it is *the solution of the Gaza problem.*" No more, no less. Yeshayahu Leibowitz was not wrong. we will not forget.
- finally, the IDF's published their review of the killing of the 15 Palestinian rescue personal (i do not have access to the report itself so this is based on Haaretz): 1/n 1. 6/15 were identified as hamas militants
- Reposted by Baruch EitamUnthinkable just 10 years ago: Almost 3/4 of the EU’s electricity in 2024 was from renewable energy sources and nuclear. Gas and coal electricity generation is at record low levels.
- as hundreds more former and current IDF combat‑ and special‑forces active and veterans sign petitions to halt the war and free the hostages, the “Tikva” forum of hostage families—who have steadfastly backed netanyahu and his government—gets the sole netanyahu (“dermer”) response available: abuse.
- Reposted by Baruch EitamWe must expect and demand that the executive branch follow the law. We must expect and demand that the executive branch comply with court orders. To expect and demand anything less is a form of obeying in advance. Defeatism is a form of surrender.
- can anyone explain the logic of the current administration?
- the so-called "patriotic" right in Israel is betraying national interests in countless ways. most disgraceful is their groveling to the current U.S. administration — a cynical ploy to secure a blank check in Gaza and the Occupied Territories, and to advance the dangerous fantasy of "settlement."
- Reposted by Baruch EitamFour Russian journalists have been convicted of extremism and jailed for working with an anti-corruption group founded by the opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, highlighting the perils of independent journalism amid an intensified Kremlin crackdown on freedom of expression.
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- אני כאזרח ישראלי וכאיש מילואים תובע לדעת מה אירע כאן. התמונה המסתמנת (ללא שום ידיעה פרט לעיתונות הבינ"ל ושכל ישר) כח צהל (גולני?) ירה אש תופת מתמשכת על שיירת אמבולנסים מוארת ומזוהה. אח"כ קבר את ההרוגים ואת רכביהם. להגיד שזה לא נראה טוב זה אנדרסטיימנט המאה. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...
- How can having no plan, no morals, no personal consequences, no resistance, and malignant narcisim fail?
- Reposted by Baruch EitamHere's the problem: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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- הקואליציה במאבקה נגד המציאות: אלמוג כהן "בז לשופטים כל יחסם למשפחות שכולות" וזה אחרי שנציגי הקואליציה ממשיכים להשפיל ולקלל עשרות נפגעי חטו9י ושכולי מחדל ה 7/10, מסרבת לועדת חקירה ממלכתית ובלתי תלויה ומי שצריך עוד אזכור למי החברה האלה אז בן גביר בבית הקברות בבאר שבע ביום הזכרון שלפני מחדל אוקטובר
- we are still in dire need for a full clear and accurate explanation by the IDF of the killing of 15 Gazan rescue workers. here is the full video which most Israelis have not seen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NEW...
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- Reposted by Baruch EitamGen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
